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An interwar late 1930s building in a heritage overlay is to make way for a five storey $17 million social inclusion centre and low cost housing in St Kilda.  The single storey Tudorbethan at 101 Carlisle Street features two prominent brick banded gables facing Chapel Street.  According to the Port Phillip Leader (October 27) the demolition of the heritage building on the south western corner of Chapel and Carlisle has received support from Port Phillip Council and the state government.

Carlisle Street, one of St Kilda’s famous heritage streets has been designated an Activity Centre under the Melbourne 2030 planning policy which will see its heritage buildings increasingly replaced and dominated by taller towers.

The heritage building was described as “hopelessly inadequate” by the Uniting Church who own the land.

The new building will dominate the corner, towering over neighbouring the Uniting Church.

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National Theatre, St Kilda

St Kilda’s Australian National Memorial Theatre on the corner of Barkly and Carlisle Streets is having $600,000 work done as part of a conservation plan to keep it open as a performing arts venue.

Some of the money for the 1921 Beaux Arts theatre’s maintenance has been contributed by the state government.

Still, the theatre needs over $750,000, so the CEO, Robert Tayler has called for private donations to fill the funding gap.

Donaions are tax deductable.  For more information, visit the National Theatre website.